Sounds Like Touch

The performance at Rewire closed with a playful chaos of bouncing balls, by Junying Wu (), Anna Bielska () and Alessandro Miele ().

During Tactology Lab, the artists became fascinated by the back-and-forth motion of ping-pong balls and how their movement gradually diminishes, similar to the way a pendulum slows down.

From this curiosity, the idea emerged to develop custom-built shooters to launch hundreds of ping-pong balls into the air, letting them hit metal plates to create sound and visuals.

Performance at ,
🎥by Quinten Swagerman

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This work is the result of Tactology Lab 4, a structured programme spanning multiple days that brings artists and creators together to explore new ways of tactile interaction with electronics.

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katarina kadijević (), Nina (Alex) Buurman and Niek van der Veer (.vd.veer) have been creating an ‘entity’ that responds to human touch, creating a feedback loop between participant and object.

The project began as an open exploration: creating something that doesn’t necessarily look alive, yet gradually evokes a sense of life. Inspired by how people instinctively attribute emotions to robotics, the artists focus on how movement and behaviour can suggest aliveness.

📅 You are very welcome to experience the results of their collaborative process during Tactology Lab 4: MOTION at on Sunday April 12, 15:00 - 16:00 📍The Grey Space in the Middle (), The Hague